NASA Expedition Flies Planes Over Arctic to Assess Ice Levels

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Apr 12, 2017

Published Apr 12, 2017 at 10:13 AM

NASA has been examining how polar ice has changed over the last decade or so. Scientists with Operation IceBridge have flown a set of eight-hour research flights over ice sheets and the Arctic Ocean to monitor Arctic ice loss. They found on March 7 that sea ice in the Arctic has reached its lowest maximum wintertime levels ever recorded. Take a look at the ice from the sky.